Comments on: Review: Star Trek: Klingons — Blood Will Tell #4

By: Captain James B. Quirk

Captain James B. Quirk — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:02:51 +0000

17. Plum,

I’ve been doing the same thing for years. The cover art is very much like what Iwas doing at TrekBBS 6 yrs ago, sorry.

By: Plum

Plum — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:52:40 +0000

LOVE the artwork. The style artist David Messina has brought here is a terrifically retro style, without being a rehash or swipe… it’s his own style and it fits so well with the look of these comix. The colour is fantastic too, I assume it’s his assistant doing that wonderful embellishment.

By: Captain James B. Quirk

Captain James B. Quirk — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:38:20 +0000

Wow! I really can’t get over how much this all looks like my artwork, from my days at Trekbbs.

Amazing!

By: Shadow6283

Shadow6283 — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:41:02 +0000

#9-

Gibberish is far too diplomatic for people who don’t have the slightest idea about what they’re doing. Cookie-cutter is more justified. They need to get some decent writers with some serious chops, and who have a great feel for not only these characters, but the timeframe involved.

Until then, I’m sticking with Gold Key.

By: Driver

Driver — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:13:45 +0000

I agree with #9, but billy, what is a hiro?

By: KDoug

KDoug — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:46:29 +0000

Oh, and I can agree with almost everything you say in post #10, CmdR. I also look at Kor (in TOS, not necessarily in DS9) as one of the finest examples of well-written and well-played Klingons. I just think that you’ve given Kruge/Lloyd too little credit.

By: CmdrR.

CmdrR. — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:46:07 +0000

OK, onto a different subject. When you click on the third cover above, Mara’s headlights are on.

By: KDoug

KDoug — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:41:44 +0000

I won’t deny that Kruge has a violent streak. He absolutely does. But I think it’s clear that there’s more to him than that violent streak. That’s what I’m trying to say.

You’re quite correct when you say that Kruge was written as a baddie. I think that the only aspects to the character that make him come off as something more than just a baddie are due to Christopher Lloyd’s portrayal and the subtext he worked into the scenes, as I cited above.

I could also point out that although Kruge is written as a baddie, there’s purpose to his badness. You give several examples of his violent streak, but you don’t acknowledge that he had reasons for his actions. You almost make it sound like he merely felt like doing it at the time, when the fact is that all of his actions were geared toward advancing the power of the Klingon empire.

By: CmdrR.

CmdrR. — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:37:38 +0000

Young? Me? Bless you, sir. You are a saint.
I am pleased that there’s such debate to be had on this point.
OK, you like Lloyd.
Of the TOS TV Klingons, I certainly pick Colicos’ Kor. Ansara’s Kang is a little thin, but at least he has a wife so you can imagine the fights on his ship and the frozen Klingon corpses tied to his ship’s bumper.
Of the film Klingons, I’d pick any of the major roles in VI. To me, that’s what we want in a villain(s), unpredictability. Chancellor Gorkon and his daughters are bearers of peace. She’s even more p.c. than the Enterprise crew at one point. It’s Gen. Chang, whilst spouting bad Shakespeare, who tries to deliver the death blow.
Even Mark Lenard in TMP shows more range in a very limited role than IMHO Lloyd shows with Kruge.

All I’m saying is that villains that are all farty-bad all the time are boring. I like to see range in my baddies. I hope that JJ gives us a truly interesting villain, Klingon or whatever.

By: billy don't be a hiro

billy don't be a hiro — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:36:41 +0000

The description of the story illustrates exactly why I don’t plan on reading this series:

“K’ahlynn accompanies her grandfather, Kahnrah, and they meet Morglar, an old comrade of Kahnrah’s, and former security officer aboard the Voh’Tahk.”

These names and characters mean nothing to me. Its so much gibberish. Give me characters I know and care about and not something that reads like a D&D module.